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Tom Harmon was a legendary college football player who became a sportscaster and sired TV superstar Mark Harmon (who also played college football at UCLA).
Thomas Dudley Harmon was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, to Rose Marie (Quinn) and Louis Amiel Harmon, a real estate agent. His maternal grandparents were Irish, and his father had Irish, French, and German ancestry (the family surname had originally been "Hermann"). Harmon starred for the University of Michigan, being voted All-American his junior and senior years and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1940 as a senior. As a wolverine, he led college football in scoring in both 1939 and '40, setting a record. He was so famous, he went to Hollywood to make the movie Harmon of Michigan (1941), which was released in 1941, the year America entered WWII.
The war would curtail his pro football career. Drafted by the Chicago Bears of the NFL, Harmon accepted an offer from the upstart American Football League's New York Americans. (One of many pro football leagues to bear the name, this version folded after 1941.) Harmon received a commission with the U.S. Army Air Corps and won a Purple Heart and a Silver Star as a fighter pilot during the war. The silken parachute that saved his life was recut into a wedding dress when he married actress Elyse Knox in 1944. The two had met at Paramount studios when he starred in the movie about his college football exploits.
Harmon returned to football after the war, playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946-47, but injuries to his legs from bailing out over China curtailed his career and he could not achieve the greatness on the pro gridiron that he had as the star of the Wolverines. He became a sportscaster, appearing on ABC and on KTLA-TV, Los Angeles.
Tom "Old 98" Harmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He died on March 19, 1990. He was 70 years old.- Fred L. Van Amburg was born on 13 September 1910 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Candidate (1972). He died on 15 March 1990 in Fresno, California, USA.
- Luis Alberto Ramírez was born on 22 January 1932 in Pinar del Río, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Cuba '58 (1962), The Teacher (1978) and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1988). He died on 15 March 1990 in Havana, Cuba.
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Michael Livesey was born on 15 February 1929 in Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK. Michael was a cinematographer, known for Before the Mountain Was Moved (1970), Paper Lion (1968) and Camera Three (1955). Michael was married to Theresa. Michael died on 15 March 1990 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA.- Antun Kujavec was born on 6 March 1920 in Varazdin, Croatia. He was an actor, known for Prosjaci i sinovi (1971), The Rat Savior (1976) and Visoki napon (1981). He died on 15 March 1990 in Pula, Croatia.
- Ronald Dowd was born on 23 February 1914 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Peter Grimes (1964), Idomeneo (1963) and Pagliacci (1958). He died on 15 March 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Lída Vendlová was born on 9 May 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was an actress, known for Zítra se bude tancit vsude (1952), Expres z Norimberka (1954) and Útek ze stínu (1959). She died on 15 March 1990 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Edouard Caillau was born on 1 March 1924 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He was an actor, known for Franz (1972), Bruno, l'enfant du dimanche (1969) and Far West (1973). He died on 15 March 1990.